78°13′N 15°39′E / 78.22°N 15.65°E / 78.22; 15.65

Dark Season Blues
GenreBlues
Datesannual in late October
Location(s)Longyearbyen, Norway
Years active2003–present
Websitewww.svalbardblues.com

Dark Season Blues is an annual blues music festival in late October, at 78 degrees north in Longyearbyen (Svalbard) in Norway, and marks the beginning of the dark season when daylight and the sun is about to leave Svalbard for four winter months.

The festival lasts four days, and features local, Norwegian and international musicians performing in most of Longyearbyen's venues.

The festival is based on voluntary work in order to carry out the event. The economic goal is to break even, and any surplus is transferred to next year's festival.

The first Dark Season Blues festival was arranged in 2003, and has run without interruption until the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 festivals.[1][2] It started out as a small intimate festival, and presented 15 bands spread on 17 events in 2010.

Past performers

2011

Dark Season Blues 2011[3][4]

2010

Dark Season Blues 2010[5][6][7]

2009

Dark Season Blues 2009[8][9][10]

2008

Dark Season Blues 2008[11][12][13][14]

2007

Dark Season Blues 2007[15][16]

2006

Dark Season Blues 2006[17]

2005

Dark Season Blues 2005[18]

2004

Dark Season Blues 2004[19]

2003

Dark Season Blues 2003[20][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Om DSB, Dark Season Blues Website
  2. ^ Dark Season Blues 2020 avlyses, Dark Season Blues Website
  3. ^ "(+) Bluesfestivalen i gang". www.svalbardposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  4. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2011". Dark Season Blues | SVALBARD (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  5. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2010 | SVALBARD". Svalbardblues.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  6. ^ "Magiske Dark Season Blues". Bluesnews.no. Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  7. ^ "Bluesnews – Magical Dark Season Blues". Eng.bluesnews.no. 2009-06-09. Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  8. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2009 | SVALBARD". Svalbardblues.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  9. ^ "Svalbard-blues skal lyse opp i mørketiden – VG Nett om Reiselivsnyheter". Vg.no. 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  10. ^ "Dark Season blues i blålyset". Bluesnews.no. Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  11. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2008 | SVALBARD". Svalbardblues.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  12. ^ "Dark Season Blues på Svalbard". Bluesnews.no. Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  13. ^ "Reisebrev – Dark Season Bluesfestival 2008". Norwegianbluesworld.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  14. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2008 – English version". Norwegianbluesworld.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  15. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2007 | SVALBARD". Svalbardblues.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  16. ^ "Fantastiske Dark Season Blues". Bluesnews.no. Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  17. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2006 | SVALBARD". Svalbardblues.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  18. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2005 | SVALBARD". Svalbardblues.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  19. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2004 | SVALBARD". Svalbardblues.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  20. ^ "Dark Season Blues 2003 | SVALBARD". Svalbardblues.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  21. ^ "Gruve-blues svinger – Kultur-og-underholdning – NRK". Nrk.no. 2003-10-27. Retrieved 2013-08-08.

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